Terms and Conditions

Last updated: February 10, 2020

Business card scanner by Covve (“Covve”) is a simple yet powerful business card scanner that respects the privacy of your data. The Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy have been designed to protect your data and to be straightforward and easy to understand.

In a nutshell:

We never resell or share personal information about you or your contacts.

Protection of your data is our top priority and we take significant measures to keep it safe and secure.

Users of the Services offered by Covve acknowledge and accept these terms and conditions.

Owner of Business card scanner by Covve and related Services

Information about Business card scanner by Covve

Business card scanner by Covve (“Covve”) is a mobile application which allows Users to scan business cards.

Content provided by the User

Users are responsible for their own content and that of third parties that they enter into Covve. Users confirm that they have all the necessary consents from third parties whose data and/or content they share with the Owner and hereby undertake to indemnify the Owner for any liability or claim arising against the Owner in connection with illegal distribution of third-party content or unlawful use of the Service or damages that the Users may incur.

The Owner does not moderate the content provided by Users or by third parties but will act if complaints are received from Users or if orders are issued by the public authorities regarding content deemed offensive or illegal.

Rights over content provided by Users

The only rights granted to the Owner in relation to content provided by Users are those necessary to operate and maintain Covve.

Content provided by third parties

The Owner does not moderate the content or links provided by third parties before their publication on Covve. The Owner is not responsible for the content provided by third parties or for its availability.

The Service is provided “as is”

The Service is provided by the Owner “as is”, with no express or implied warranty for accuracy or availability.

Service interruption

The Owner reserves the right to add and remove functionalities or features as well as suspend or even discontinue the Service, either temporarily or permanently. In case of final discontinuation, the Owner will do the utmost to allow users to withdraw their information held by the Owner.

Service reselling

Users are not allowed to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of Covve and its Service without the Owner’s express permission, granted either directly or through a proper reselling program.

Indemnity

The User agrees to indemnify and hold the Owner and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders, partners and employees, as the case may be, harmless from and against any claim or demand, including without limitation, reasonable lawyer’s fees and costs and any damages, made by any third party due to or arising out of the User’s content, use of or connection to the Service, violation of these Terms, or violation of any third-party rights.

Forbidden use

The Service shall be used only in accordance with these Terms.

Users may not:

reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or create derivative works based on Covve or any portion of it;

circumvent any technology used by Covve or its licensors to protect content accessible via it;

copy, store, edit, change, prepare any derivative work of or alter in any way any of the content provided through Covve;

use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other automated device, process or means to access, retrieve, scrape, or index any portion of Covve or its content;

rent, lease or sublicense Covve;

defame, abuse, harass, use threatening practices, threaten or violate the legal rights of others in any other way (such as rights of privacy and publicity);

disseminate or publish content that is unlawful, obscene, illegitimate, defamatory or inappropriate;

promote any other platform, product, brand or commercial service without the express consent of the Owner, including any reference contained in the username;

impersonate other individuals or create fake accounts;

publish any content or engage in any activity that could damage a third party;

use Covve in any other improper way that violates these Terms.

Privacy Policy

For information about the use of their personal data, Users must refer to the Privacy Policy of Covve which is hereby considered to be part of these Terms.

Copyright

All trademarks, nominal or figurative, and all other marks, trade names, service marks, word marks, illustrations, images, or logos that appear concerning Covve are, and remain, the exclusive property of the Owner or its licensors and are protected by the laws in force on trademarks and by related international treaties.

Age eligibility

Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Under no circumstance may persons under the age of 18 use Covve.

Limitations of liability

The Owner, within the limits as currently set out by the applicable legislation, is liable for damage under contract and in tort to the Users or third parties only when such damage is the immediate and direct consequence, through willful misconduct or gross negligence, of the activity of Covve.

The User expressly releases and exempts the Owner from any liability, to the extent permitted by the applicable law, relating to possible damage or claims of any kind, including direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special damages related to loss of profits, loss of revenues, loss of data or costs of substitution consequential or anyhow connected to the present agreement.

Changes to these Terms

The Owner reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time, informing Users by publishing a notice within Covve. Users who continue to use Covve after the publication of the changes accept the new Terms in their entirety.

Assignment of contract

The Owner reserves the right to transfer, assign, dispose of by novation or subcontract all or any rights or obligations under these Terms, as long as the User’s rights under the Terms are not affected.

Users may not assign or transfer their rights or obligations under these Terms in any way without the written permission of the Owner.

Contacts

All communications relating to Covve must be sent using the contacts stated in this document.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, that clause will be removed and the remaining provisions shall not be affected and they will remain in force.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms and any dispute concerning the implementation, interpretation and validity of this agreement are subject to the law, the jurisdiction of the state and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts where the Owner has their registered offices. An exception to this rule applies in cases, where the law provides a sole place of jurisdiction for consumers.

Definitions

Service

The service provided by Covve as described in these Terms and in Covve.

User

Any user of the Service, whether a human being or legal entity.

Terms and Conditions (or Terms)

These Terms and Conditions, which constitute a legally binding agreement between the User and the Owner.

Personal Information

Information stored against a contact and specifically the contact’s name, surname, telephone number and email address.

General Information

Other information about a contact and specifically the contact’s company, industry, seniority, country and job title.